Table 1.
Test results
| First outpatient review (compensated cirrhosis) | Inpatient (decompensated cirrhosis) |
Discharge follow-up (pre-transplant assessment) |
| Blood tests | ||
| Na+ 135 (mmol/L) | Na+ 126 (mmol/L) | Na+ 135 (mmol/L) |
| K+ 4.3 (mmol/L) | K+ 4.9 (mmol/L) | K+ 4.3 (mmol/L) |
| Urea 3 (mmol/L) | Urea 2.1 (mmol/L) | Urea 6.0 (mmol/L) |
| Creatinine (70 mmol/L) | Creatinine 110 (mmol/L) | Creatinine 80 (mmol/L) |
| HbA1c 58 (mmol/L) | HbA1c 65 (mmol/L) | HbA1c 55 (mmol/L) |
| Albumin 38 (g/L) | Albumin 28 (g/L) | Albumin 32 (g/L) |
| ALT 50 (IU/L) | ALT 50 (IU/L) | ALT 49 (IU/L) |
| ALP 112 (IU/L) | ALP 127 (IU/L) | ALP 120 (IU/L) |
| Bilirubin 21 (μmol/L) | Bilirubin 60 (μmol/L) | Bilirubin 50 (μmol/L) |
| WCC 5.1 (109/L) | WCC 5.1 (109/L) | WCC 6.0 (109/L) |
| HB 135 (g/dL) | HB 85 (g/dL) | HB 110 (g/dL) |
| Platelets 90 | Platelets 70 | Platelets 87 |
| INR 1.2 | INR 1.6 | INR 1.5 |
| Child-Pugh A | Child-Pugh C | Child-Pugh C |
| Anthropometry | ||
| MAMC 28.3 cm (50th centile) | MAMC 26.7 cm (25-50th centile) | MAMC 29.1 cm (50-75th centile) |
| HGS 30 (75% normal) | HGS 23 (58% normal) | HGS 30 (75% normal) |
ALT, alkaline phosphatase; HB, haemoglobin; HbA1c, haemoglobin A1c; HGS, hand grip strength; INR, international normalised ratio; MAMC, mid arm muscle circumference; WCC, white cell count.